These two Cooper’s Hawks were both very vocal in the Loch on Friday. It was the first time I had heard a Cooper’s Hawk. I think the adult was telling the juvenile to “move along”.
In the snow and cold, I didn’t take very many pictures. I changed my normal routine looking for the female’s cavity, and ended up missing the owl pair copulating close to the male’s cavity.
More fun on yet another confusing flight. We’re now able to track the owl after fly out and find his mate, but we still can’t find her cavity.
It was raining lightly, so he too a little longer than usual getting out of bed.We heard the female to the north before he flew out. It was a strange evening. He flew to a tree south of his cavity, then west across the drive, made lots of calls and flew back to the Loch.We then searched for them to the north and found both of them. They soon copulated, and we then lost them. Again, we left with more questions than answers.